Beautiful De Havilland Dove & a Case Study (MSFS)

[FrankPilot]

The beautiful British De Havilland DH104 Dove was one of the post-WW2 great successes. It was a short-haul liner that was popular around the world for civil, corporate, private & military operators. We’ll look at the aircraft in general, & then follow the life of one particular aircraft as a case study. Hope you enjoy. Cheers.

 

 

 

[skippydiesel]

Thanks for that.

DH built many stunning (looks & performance) aircraft.

I have flown in a Herron several times.

The Drover was a best forgotten modification - so ugly even a mother would reject it.

 

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[facthunter]

I don't think the Drover was based totally on a Dove. It was built only for Australia in 49 I think with 3x  10 Mk2 145HP DH  4 cylinder Motors no superchargers. Used by  air  ambulance services. Fixed undercarriage and TAILWheel The TAIL is very Un DH in shape. TAA had one at least. Not a lot built and they has a less than Auspicious Career. Quite a lot of them Crashed  I can only think they were built to a COST Limit eventually re-engined with Lycoming 180 HP IO 360 motors with CS props .The Doves and Herons were better Planes by far. Nose wheel and retractable. A few Herons (The 4 engined Variant) had their  supercharged gipsy 6's replaced with "Flat" Lycomings saving considerable weight and Probably Maintenance costs. Connair and Tasmanian Airways had Herons as I recall. .

  One thing interesting I recall from a Drover crash Inquiry. The Judge (Or Coroner as the case May be) said. To one of the technical witnesses." Sir, you said THIS plane Has 3 engines. WHICH SIDE has 2 of them" .I've always remembered that.

  I Know the Heron was flying in TAS. in the early 90s because I encountered One in Wynyard in FOUL weather when I was doing a C/ME /IFR renewal, check in a Beech Duchess. . Nev

[Bernie]

I possibly seen that aircraft, I was working opposite Bankstown airport back then on Milperra road. 

Bernie.